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* BreakingTheFourthWall: See Sylvester's rant below under The Cameo.
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* NoFourthWall: As quoted above, Sylvester goes on rant to the audience at the end of the film.
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* VillainOpeningScene: Scary pirate "The Hook" buring his treasure on a deserted island somewhere.
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* VillainOpeningScene: Scary pirate "The Hook" buring his treasure on a deserted island somewhere.somewhere.
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''The Princess and the Pirate'' is a 1944 farce comedy starring Creator/BobHope. The Princess Margaret (played by the absurdly gorgeous Virginia Mayo) is on a ship bound for America, traveling incognito. She is fleeing from her father the King, who is forcing her into an ArrangedMarriage instead of letting her marry the commoner she loves. Also on board is Sylvester the Great (Hope), a bumbling LargeHam actor. The ship is raided by pirates, and both Margaret and Sylvester are captured, but they escape with the help of Featherhead (Walter Brennan), the ship's ButtMonkey, who also provides them with a map to the treasure that Featherhead wants to steal.
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''The Princess and the Pirate'' is a 1944 farce comedy directed by David Butler and starring Creator/BobHope. Creator/BobHope.
The Princess Margaret (played by the absurdly gorgeous Virginia Mayo) is on a ship bound for America, traveling incognito. She is fleeing from her father the King, who is forcing her into an ArrangedMarriage instead of letting her marry the commoner she loves. Also on board is Sylvester the Great (Hope), a bumbling LargeHam actor. The ship is raided by pirates, and both Margaret and Sylvester are captured, but they escape with the help of Featherhead (Walter Brennan), the ship's ButtMonkey, who also provides them with a map to the treasure that Featherhead wants to steal.
The Princess Margaret (played by the absurdly gorgeous Virginia Mayo) is on a ship bound for America, traveling incognito. She is fleeing from her father the King, who is forcing her into an ArrangedMarriage instead of letting her marry the commoner she loves. Also on board is Sylvester the Great (Hope), a bumbling LargeHam actor. The ship is raided by pirates, and both Margaret and Sylvester are captured, but they escape with the help of Featherhead (Walter Brennan), the ship's ButtMonkey, who also provides them with a map to the treasure that Featherhead wants to steal.
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One of Hope's best starring vehicles.
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One of Hope's best starring vehicles.
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* LargeHam: Sylvester onstage (as Bob Hope was in real life).
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* ProducePelting: Sylvester receives this after the performs at a BadGuyBar.
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* LoveableCoward: Sylvester is a self-admitted coward, but in the end he does go to great lengths to save Margaret.
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* RebelliousPrincess: Margaret is fleeing an ArrangedMarriage.
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''The Princess and the Pirate'' is a 1944 farce comedy starring Creator/BobHope. The Princess Margaret (played by the absurdly gorgeous Virginia Mayo) is on a ship bound for America, traveling incognito. She is fleeing from her father the King, who is forcing her into an ArrangedMarriage instead of letting her marry the commoner she loves. Also on board is Sylvester the Great (Hope), a bumbling LargeHam actor. The ship is raided by pirates, and both Margaret and Sylvester are captured, but they escape with the help of Featherhead (Walter Brennan), the ship's ButtMonkey, who also provides them with a map to the treasure that Featherhead wants to steal.
One of Hope's best starring vehicles.
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* AttemptedRape: Sylvester rescues Margaret from The Hook.
* BloodOath: Featherhead the weirdo tattoo artist makes Sylvester swear one.
* TheCameo: Creator/BingCrosby, Hope's co-star in the ''Film/RoadTo'' pictures, shows up at the end as the commoner that Princess Margaret is in love with. This was a gag taken from the ''Road'' movies, when it was always Bing and never Bob that wound up with Dorothy Lamour.
--> '''Sylvester''': I work my brains out for nine reels, and some bit player from Paramount comes over and steals my girl. That's the last picture I'll ever make for Goldwyn!
* ChekhovsSkill: Featherhead tells Sylvester that he's the resident tattoo artist aboard the pirate ship. Later he tattoos the treasure map on Sylvester's chest.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: See TheCameo above.
* DisguisedInDrag: Sylvester changes into one of his costumes, an old gypsy woman, which saves his life after The Hook starts throwing all the men overboard.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Capt. Barrett is far better known as "The Hook".
* INeedADrink: Two of the sailors aboard the pirate ship as The Hook and Sylvester-disguised-as-Hook continually countermand each other's orders.
* LoveableCoward: Sylvester is a self-admitted coward, but in the end he does go to great lengths to save Margaret.
* MacGuffin: The treasure, and the treasure map. They never even look for it. The film ends with the King rescuing Margaret and Sylvester and offhandedly mentioning that one of the bad guys told him where to find the treasure.
* VillainOpeningScene: Scary pirate "The Hook" buring his treasure on a deserted island somewhere.
One of Hope's best starring vehicles.
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* AttemptedRape: Sylvester rescues Margaret from The Hook.
* BloodOath: Featherhead the weirdo tattoo artist makes Sylvester swear one.
* TheCameo: Creator/BingCrosby, Hope's co-star in the ''Film/RoadTo'' pictures, shows up at the end as the commoner that Princess Margaret is in love with. This was a gag taken from the ''Road'' movies, when it was always Bing and never Bob that wound up with Dorothy Lamour.
--> '''Sylvester''': I work my brains out for nine reels, and some bit player from Paramount comes over and steals my girl. That's the last picture I'll ever make for Goldwyn!
* ChekhovsSkill: Featherhead tells Sylvester that he's the resident tattoo artist aboard the pirate ship. Later he tattoos the treasure map on Sylvester's chest.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: See TheCameo above.
* DisguisedInDrag: Sylvester changes into one of his costumes, an old gypsy woman, which saves his life after The Hook starts throwing all the men overboard.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Capt. Barrett is far better known as "The Hook".
* INeedADrink: Two of the sailors aboard the pirate ship as The Hook and Sylvester-disguised-as-Hook continually countermand each other's orders.
* LoveableCoward: Sylvester is a self-admitted coward, but in the end he does go to great lengths to save Margaret.
* MacGuffin: The treasure, and the treasure map. They never even look for it. The film ends with the King rescuing Margaret and Sylvester and offhandedly mentioning that one of the bad guys told him where to find the treasure.
* VillainOpeningScene: Scary pirate "The Hook" buring his treasure on a deserted island somewhere.
